WATCH: Carlos Gomez saves game by robbing Joey Votto of home run in 9th

3 years ago

Two outs, top of the ninth, down a run and Cincinnati Reds slugger Joey Votto goes for the gusto against Milwaukee Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez. He got a lot of it, driving the ball deep to center. It has enough to get over the fence for a home run but ... outfielder Carlos Gomez is lurking. He checks his space cushion, he times his leap and he gets way up. But does he have the ball? Votto wants to see it.

''When you save the game like that or when you hit a walk-off home run, it's amazing,'' Gomez said. ''I never hit one, but I steal home run to win the game. It's something special, like you can't wait to get home to see it over and over.''

Votto was quite philosophical and analytical about getting robbed:

''The whole thing is really a random occurrence and it's what makes baseball so special,''Votto said. ''Carlos has had a fantastic year this year. Today he didn't have a good game offensively and he goes out and makes a game-changing play on the defensive end.